Vehicle-wheel.



J. T. SHEA.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED APE.22, 190s. RENEWED JUNE 6, 1912.

Patented Feb. 11, 1913,

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JOHN T. SHEA, OF GLEN COVE, NEW YORK.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 22, 1908, Serial No. 428,683 Renewed June 6, 1912. Serial No. 702,111.

. construction, form and arrangement of the several parts of a vehicle tire whereby an annular series of divided disks may be locked securely around an annular core projecting from the felly rim.

Practical embodiments of my invention are represented in the accompanying drawings in which I Figure 1 represents a portion of a wheel with my improved tire applied'thereto, portions of the'same being shown in side eleva- Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken in the plane of the line A-A of Fig. 1, looking in the di rection of the'arrows,'Fig. 3 is an edge view of one of the divided disks, Fi 4 is a face view of the same, Fig. 5 is a eta-il section of the folly rim and its core projecting therefrom, Fig. 6 is a detail section through the folly, and Figs. 7 and 8 are sections through the side clamping rings.

The vehicle wheel felly is denoted by 1 and the rim thereon by 2. The tire is com? posed of an annular series of divided disks 3 made of leather or other suitable material, which disks are provided with hook shaped ends 4, 5. The annular coreti. is

' connected and formed integral with the rim 2 by a web 7. Each of the disks 3 is provided with a recess 8 fitted to the exterior wall of the core 6 and web7. Side clamping rings 9 and 10 are provided with curved annular lips 11 and 12 respectively, arranged, when in position, to overlap the hook shaped ends of the divided disks 3 for securing the disks in position. A number of bolts 13 extend through the rings-9 and 10 and the folly 1, which bolts are provided with nuts 14 for securely clamping the side rings to the telly and thereby the disks to their core and rim.

Patented Feb. 11, 1913.

To prevent the disks from -slidin around on the core, the core may be provi ed with a set of lugs 15, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, arranged around the core in the plane of a disk, the disk being cut away to receive said lugs. There may be oneor more sets of these lugs. ing laterally or circumferentially on the folly, a bolt 16 may be inserted radially through the telly into engagement with the rim, as, for instance, by providing the web 7 with a solid portion 17- with which the bolt has a screw-threaded engagement. Any number o f these bolts may be used as desired.

In a tire made-up as herein described it willbe seen that the disks do not have to be strung on a core. By removing the side rings 9 and 10 the, disks may beswung over the core and because of the hook shaped ends of these disks and the conformation for the side rings, the clamping of the side rings to the felly will also securethe disks in position absolutely against all possible removal. It will also be seen that any one or more To prevent the rim from shift-- turbing the other disks of the tire.

It is evident that various changes might be resorted to in the construction, form and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the structure herein set forth, but

What I claim is:

1. In a vehicle wheel, a felly, a rim thereon, an annular core connected to the rim by a web, a tire composed of an annular series of divided disks having hook shaped ends, embracing the core, and removable side rings engaging the hook shap'ed ends of the disks for securing them in posit-ion.

2. In a vehicle wheel, a felly, a rim there on, an annular core formed integral with the rim, a tire composed of an annular series of divided disks embracing the core, and side rings for securing the'disks in position.

on, an annular core projecting from the rirn, as my invention, have signed my namein a tire co nposed of an annular serles of presence of two witnesses this twenty-first divided disks embracing the core, side rings day of April, 1908.

for securing the disks in'position, and one JOHN T. SHEA. 5' or more lugs on the core for preventing the Witnesses:

disks from circumferential movement. F. GEORGE BARRY,

In testimony, that I elaimthe foregoing VHENRY THIEME. 

